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| 1451. |
‘The Two Cultures’ is the title of an influential Rede lecture of |
| A. | 1959 |
| B. | 1960 |
| C. | 1957 |
| D. | 1958 |
| Answer» B. 1960 | |
| 1452. |
Mortals and Others is an essay collection by |
| A. | Aldus Huxley |
| B. | Robert Benchley |
| C. | Bertrand Russell |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1453. |
Which one of following propositions does not belong to Thales credit? |
| A. | Any diameter of the circle divides it into equal parts |
| B. | The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal |
| C. | When two straight lines cross, the opposite angles are equal. |
| D. | Algebraic methods to solve equations of the first and second degree |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1454. |
What is the name of the General of the story ‘My Son, The Physicist’? |
| A. | Reiner |
| B. | Gerard |
| C. | Michel |
| D. | Cremona |
| Answer» B. Gerard | |
| 1455. |
Who gave scientific explanation, a theoretical structure? |
| A. | Francis Bacon |
| B. | Wegener |
| C. | Carl Hempel |
| D. | Newton |
| Answer» D. Newton | |
| 1456. |
Memoires Scientifiques is a book on |
| A. | Greek culture |
| B. | Egyptian culture |
| C. | Harappa culture |
| D. | Byzantine civilization |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1457. |
Which was the first institution devoted to the pursuit of knowledge in the Western world and which lasted for a thousand years? |
| A. | Academy |
| B. | Ionian school |
| C. | Pythagorean school |
| D. | Republic |
| Answer» B. Ionian school | |
| 1458. |
What is the problem of English school education that is the pointed out by Snow? |
| A. | It is vocational |
| B. | It is specialized |
| C. | Only few are educated |
| D. | Its moral education |
| Answer» C. Only few are educated | |
| 1459. |
Who discovered the Laws of Motion? |
| A. | Einstein |
| B. | Newton |
| C. | Kepler |
| D. | Darwin |
| Answer» C. Kepler | |
| 1460. |
Plato was the disciple of…………… |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Ecphantus |
| C. | Socrates |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1461. |
……. looks for opportunities for using or applying science. |
| A. | Pure science |
| B. | Applied science |
| C. | Technology |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Technology | |
| 1462. |
Which was the philosophical school founded by Lao Tsu in the 6th century BC? |
| A. | Taoism |
| B. | Protestantism |
| C. | Zen-Buddhism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Protestantism | |
| 1463. |
Thales founded the ……… |
| A. | Ionian school of philosophy |
| B. | Julian Calendar |
| C. | Pythagorean school |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Julian Calendar | |
| 1464. |
Name the person who does not belong to the following Mathematicians of Alexandria |
| A. | Apollonius |
| B. | Diophantus |
| C. | Galen |
| D. | Archimedes |
| Answer» D. Archimedes | |
| 1465. |
Who was the Greek God of medicine? |
| A. | Appolo |
| B. | Zeus |
| C. | Aesculapius |
| D. | Hercules |
| Answer» D. Hercules | |
| 1466. |
When was the idea of continental drift suggested? |
| A. | 1505 |
| B. | 1515 |
| C. | 1596 |
| D. | 1586 |
| Answer» D. 1586 | |
| 1467. |
The New Scientific Mind is a work by ……………. |
| A. | Gaston Bachelard |
| B. | Isaac Newton |
| C. | Einstein |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Isaac Newton | |
| 1468. |
Stoicism was founded by………. |
| A. | Zeno |
| B. | Epicurus of Samos |
| C. | Euclid |
| D. | Socrates |
| Answer» B. Epicurus of Samos | |
| 1469. |
Who performed a simple experiment to calculate the circumference of the Earth two thousand years ago? |
| A. | Aristotle |
| B. | Alfred Wegener |
| C. | Abraham Ortelius |
| D. | Eratoshthenes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1470. |
Who said that “Living creatures rose from the moist element, as it was evaporated by the Sun”? |
| A. | Pythagoras |
| B. | Anaximander |
| C. | Aristotle |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Aristotle | |
| 1471. |
Philosophy means ……… |
| A. | Love of wisdom |
| B. | Love of power |
| C. | Love of wealth |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Love of power | |
| 1472. |
The Pylons is a poem by |
| A. | W.H Anden |
| B. | Stephen Spender |
| C. | Cecil day Lewis |
| D. | Louis Mac Niece |
| Answer» C. Cecil day Lewis | |
| 1473. |
Aristotle had setup the …………. In opposition to the Academy |
| A. | Lyceum |
| B. | Republic |
| C. | University |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Republic | |
| 1474. |
Theoretical knowledge deals with ….. |
| A. | Applied science |
| B. | Technology |
| C. | Pure science |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 1475. |
Raman is sharing his experiences of |
| A. | Cambridge |
| B. | Presidency College |
| C. | St. Xavier’s |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. St. Xavier’s | |
| 1476. |
In practical affairs, the Pythagoreans aimed at a ………. Of society |
| A. | Scientific Upliftment |
| B. | Technological development |
| C. | Moral reformation |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 1477. |
Aristotle was the disciple of ………… |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | Socrates |
| C. | Theophrastus |
| D. | Eudoxus |
| Answer» B. Socrates | |
| 1478. |
…….. is the requirement that all members of a group should share the same ancestor. |
| A. | Monophyly |
| B. | Taxonomy |
| C. | Evolution |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Taxonomy | |
| 1479. |
The nanoscale is of the order of ……… |
| A. | 10‐10m |
| B. | 108m |
| C. | 10‐9m |
| D. | 106m |
| Answer» D. 106m | |
| 1480. |
Bronze Age began in about……….. |
| A. | 4000 BC |
| B. | 3500 BC |
| C. | 2000 BC |
| D. | 4500 BC |
| Answer» B. 3500 BC | |
| 1481. |
The number of genes in the human body is ……… |
| A. | Between 20 and 250000 |
| B. | About 1 million |
| C. | Close to 5 million |
| D. | Above 1 billion |
| Answer» B. About 1 million | |
| 1482. |
Flamsteed was asked to set up an observatory in Greenwich because …… |
| A. | England wanted to build the best observatory in the world. |
| B. | Flamsteed was the most celebrated astronomer in Europe. |
| C. | A very accurate star chart was needed to be preparewd for navigation. |
| D. | There was a great deal of popular interest. |
| Answer» D. There was a great deal of popular interest. | |
| 1483. |
Science is __________________ activity. |
| A. | Individual |
| B. | Social |
| C. | Mandatory |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Mandatory | |
| 1484. |
Who started building pyramids? |
| A. | Egyptians |
| B. | Babylonians |
| C. | Iranians |
| D. | Indians |
| Answer» B. Babylonians | |
| 1485. |
Some of the Alexandrians migrated to ……….. |
| A. | Rome |
| B. | England |
| C. | Athens |
| D. | France |
| Answer» D. France | |
| 1486. |
The Ionian school regarded medicine as ………. |
| A. | An art |
| B. | A science |
| C. | A theoxetical science |
| D. | A practice |
| Answer» B. A science | |
| 1487. |
Which pyramid contains approximately 3 million cubic meters of stone and the area of the base about 5 hectares? |
| A. | Pyramid of Egypt |
| B. | Pyramid |
| C. | The Great pyramid |
| D. | Giza |
| Answer» D. Giza | |
| 1488. |
………is a religion founded primarily on revelations of God to human kind. |
| A. | Buddhism |
| B. | Jainism |
| C. | Revealed Religion |
| D. | Unrevealed Religion |
| Answer» D. Unrevealed Religion | |
| 1489. |
The Yangshao culture is well known for its…….. |
| A. | Dance |
| B. | Painted pottery |
| C. | Weaving |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Weaving | |
| 1490. |
The explosion in _____________ resulted in the cancellation of the license of Alfredsto make explosive |
| A. | 1861 |
| B. | 1862 |
| C. | 1863 |
| D. | 1864 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1491. |
It has been said that the French Revolution was inspired by philosophers. Who among the following philosophers does not belong to this group? |
| A. | Rousseau |
| B. | Voltaire |
| C. | Helvetius |
| D. | Descartes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1492. |
Ptolemy II started the …………. |
| A. | Museum |
| B. | University |
| C. | Scientific school |
| D. | Royal Library |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1493. |
……….. holds that science is a dangerous activity. |
| A. | Bacon |
| B. | Paul Feyerabend |
| C. | Chomsky |
| D. | C.P.Snow |
| Answer» C. Chomsky | |
| 1494. |
Who was the first and the foremost of the Greek natural philosophers? |
| A. | Anaximander |
| B. | Thales |
| C. | Empedocles |
| D. | Anaxagoras |
| Answer» C. Empedocles | |
| 1495. |
Who was the first Emperor of Chin dynasty? |
| A. | Liu Pang |
| B. | Lao Tsu |
| C. | Confucius |
| D. | Shih Huang Ti |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1496. |
M.Berthelot disproved theory of ……… |
| A. | Evolution |
| B. | Natural selection |
| C. | Vitalism |
| D. | Origin of the universe |
| Answer» D. Origin of the universe | |
| 1497. |
Mac Spaunday poets are otherwise called |
| A. | Movement poet |
| B. | Lake poets |
| C. | The Pylons |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 1498. |
Radio was invented by …….. |
| A. | Lovelace |
| B. | Marconi |
| C. | Graham Bell |
| D. | Pascal |
| Answer» C. Graham Bell | |
| 1499. |
____________________ is a character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. |
| A. | Caliban |
| B. | Miranda |
| C. | Ariel |
| D. | Options (a) (b) and (c) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1500. |
Who discovered X‐ray? |
| A. | Rutherford |
| B. | Konrad Von Rontgen |
| C. | J.J. Thomson |
| D. | Einstein |
| Answer» C. J.J. Thomson | |